Saving Development Time By Using Development Frameworks
Published by Fred at June 24th, 2009A framework is a truly great tool that web developers can use to cut down on the time it takes to create an application, or even an entire website. Frameworks are available for most languages commonly used today, so you won’t have to stray too far from a familiar path.
As the name would suggest, Ruby on Rails, abbreviated as RoR, is a framework for the Ruby programming language. Ruby on Rails made a big hit on the framework scene once the framework showed how easy it was to implement java-script and other technologies into a web design. Unfortunately, RoR has been known to be slow and less scalable.
Web developers should already be familiar with PHP and how it works. Thus, a logical choice would be to go with a framework that is already based on PHP. You are in luck if you’re in such a position, since there are many PHP frameworks to choose from. Symfony has been in the news a lot for being a quick setup, with one benchmark proving that you can create a basic blog in only minutes. Symfony is one of the best in terms of getting started without hassle.
Python has its own framework by the name of Django. Django is particularly popular since it was released long before the newer frameworks that are now coming out, and has a long history of phenomenal support. The only thing that would disappoint a web developer is the syntax, which can be more difficult than other frameworks if previous experience with Python is not had.
In your search for a framework, don’t forget that you will want a development platform that can support new technologies, and not just older ones. New technologies would include java-based platforms such as AJAX. It would be a bad thing to invest your time in making the perfect website, only to find that it won’t scale very well with newer technologies as time goes on. Generally every open source and widely supported framework stays up to date.
You don’t have to learn a web development framework all in one day. If you don’t have the time currently, you could get a book or print-out that you could learn with over a specified amount of time. Some frameworks could even only take several days to learn and put into practice, so you can get started sooner than you thought. It’s at least worth a look into, regardless of your situation.
Closing Comments
So many frameworks are available for web development that it can be dizzying. Do your research over the Internet and make a list of the ones you think would fit your style. Do a bit of experimenting with each one, and then decide on the best course of action.
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